World War I Memorial | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:World_War_I_Memorial,_Taunton_Street,_East_Providence_2012.jpg) The memorial's statue and base in 2012 | |
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| Location | East Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′10″N 71°22′15″W / 41.81944°N 71.37083°W |
| Built | 1927 |
| MPS | Outdoor Sculpture of Rhode Island |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000466[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 19, 2001 |
The World War I Memorial is a bronze sculpture by Pietro Montana and is located at the intersection of Taunton Avenue, Whelden Avenue, and John Street in East Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The sculpture is modeled on Charles Atlas and depicts a dynamically posed soldier standing on a granite base. Montana's original design was modified by the East Providence Memorial Committee for being "too brutal".[2] Dedicated on July 30, 1927, Major General Charles Pelot Summerall gave an address which highlighted the handicap placed upon the soldiers by a lack of preparedness and "invoked the fighting ideal embodied by Montana's doughboy."[2] The World War I Memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
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